Re: what is the difference among files in /gnu/store

[Gottfried]

Hi Julien,

thanks for your explanation

> > How did you get this list of store items?

I simply used "catfish" to look for "TraditionalGreen" and it gave me 
those 4 packages.

> > The second is the content of a system generation. You probably installed mate 
> > in your system :). The system generation is also the union of packages that you 
> > declared, so it includes mate, and consequently, the theme.

When I installed Guix, it gave me only 3 options of desktops: MATE, 
Enlightment and Awesome. That's why I installed all three of them.

I knew only MATE, I didn't know what Enlightment and Awesome was, so I 
installed them to get to know them. There was no Gnome, XFCE, KDE ... 
available. So I was wondering why some Guixers have e.g. Gnome or XFCE 
installed.
Now checking in the Guix Packages I found Gnome and XFCE available, but 
no KDE. KDE, AFAIK isn't available at the moment. Is that right?

> > If possible, please don't use a store path in your configuration. If you update 
> > the system, the new version will be at a different location (even if the 
> > version number is the same, as you've seen with mate-themes). It might get 
> > garbage-collected and will definitely get out of date.

I didn't do anything. It was installed this way when I installed Guix 
System.
In which other location Guix will install the new version?

> > Instead, you should reference a theme by its name only. If mate lets you, try to set the 
> > theme to "TraditionalGreen" and that will always be the latest version.

In my home folder there is a hidden folder with the name
.icons and another one with the name .themes.
I thought that in one ot those my "themes" will be stored.
But when I looked for them, catfish found them in /gnu/store.
Those tho folders are empty.
So if I would be able to install new themes, I thought to install them 
there, but I don't know if Guix will find them, because as far as I know 
Guix will look in /gnu/store.

Gottfried
"hacking" on the basics


Am 02.06.22 um 07:12 schrieb Julien Lepiller:
> Hi Gottfried,
>
> How did you get this list of store items?
>
> The first one comes from "mate". That's a meta-package that contains the union 
> of a bunch of packages that are needed to run mate.
>
> The second is the content of a system generation. You probably installed mate 
> in your system :). The system generation is also the union of packages that you 
> declared, so it includes mate, and consequently, the theme.
>
> The last two are different versions of "mate-themes". I don't know which is 
> more recent.
>
> If possible, please don't use a store path in your configuration. If you update 
> the system, the new version will be at a different location (even if the 
> version number is the same, as you've seen with mate-themes). It might get 
> garbage-collected and will definitely get out of date.
>
> Instead, you should reference a theme by its name only. If mate lets you, try to set the 
> theme to "TraditionalGreen" and that will always be the latest version.
>
> HTH!
>
> On June 1, 2022 9:03:39 PM GMT+02:00, Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote:
> > Hi guixers,
> >
> > e.g.
> >
> > I have in my MATE desktop a theme called "TraditionalGreen"
> >
> > There are several files.
> > What is the difference?
> >
> > /gnu/store/09bi02ldaqsykdfi8szv225z4adl98hj-mate-1.24.1/share/themes/TraditionalGreen
> >
> > /gnu/store/65dvsqhxly3cs33m935amvg1wc38s1ii-system/profile/share/themes/TraditionalGreen
> >
> > /gnu/store/aqpb71z7nl1jbaxi7q2364x5hm2lsab9-mate-themes-3.22.21/share/themes/TraditionalGreen
> >
> > /gnu/store/y3cwrifdqvainwddij7zvk0lspvbpsia-mate-themes-3.22.21/share/themes/TraditionalGreen
> >
> >
> > The 1. and 2. have a different Icon, it has something to do with a link 
> > (Verknüpfung german).
> >
> > Which one is used for the desktop?
> >
> > I want to learn the basics!
> >
> > Gottfried

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